Maryland Vital Records (MD Vitals)

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Allegany County Marriages

1791-1825 - Bride's Index     1826-1847 Bride's Index

1791-1825 Groom's Index     1826-1847 Groom's Index

1791-1825 Sorted by Date     1826-1847 Sorted by Date

Located at Maryland USGenWeb.  Indexes of marriage records of Allegany County from 1791-1847 sorted by bride, groom and date of marriage.

Baltimore County Newspapers

Marriage & Death Notice Archive

Features transcripts of some marriage and death notices from Baltimore County newspapers 1850-1859.

Howard County Marriage License Index

Located at the Howard County Historical Society.  Features an index of minister's returns of marriage licenses issued in Howard County, MD from 1860-1939.  Since Howard County required no waiting period, folks came from miles around to get hitched, meaning there are many marriages of couples from other counties of Maryland.

Maryland Church Records, Deaths & Burials Index.  Located at Maryland State Archives.  Includes 1600s - 1900s church records from various churches across the state of Maryland.

Maryland Death Index Cards

Located at the Maryland State Archives.  Site provides indexes to early Maryland county death records 1898-1951 plus indexes to Baltimore City death records 1875-1972.

Somerset County Marriage Licenses 1796-1832

Indexed by Bride     Indexed by Groom

Located at Maryland USGenWeb.  Features an index of marriage licenses issued in Somerset County, MD.

472,837 Marriage Records at RootsWeb!

Free search of a vast repository of early marriages.

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Obtaining Maryland Vital Records

Maryland Vital Statistics Administration

Division of Vital Records

6550 Reistertown Road

Reistertown Road Plaza

Baltimore, MD 21215

Phone: (410) 764-3038 or (800) 832-3277

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Birth records are on file in this office from August 1898 with the exception of the City of Baltimore which runs from years 1975 to present.

Death records are held in this office from 1969.

Marriage records are held in this office from 1990 to present time. 

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Earlier Maryland marriage records are on file in the office of the Clerk of Circuit Court in the county where the marriage occurred.

Divorce verification is available from this office from 1961 to present time.  The actual divorce records are on file in the office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court in the Maryland county where the divorce decree was granted.

Earlier Maryland vital records are available at the Maryland State Archives which holds marriage record from 1640, birth records from 1898 for most Maryland counties, birth records from 1875 for the Baltimore City and death records previous to 1969.

In addition, the Maryland State Archives holds a collection of County Circuit Court Birth Records 1865-1884 which are of great value to genealogy research in Maryland.

Also see:

• Maryland Census at Census Finder
• Maryland Marriages at GenWed
• Maryland Newspaper Obituaries
• Maryland Obituary Indexes and Search Engines
• All Free Records Public Records Information
• Free Genealogy
• Search The Social Security Death Index